They say earlier
> now supports the Rust programming language for developing the OS itself.
So, this seems to be about in Android, not building apps for Android.
Guess we'll see with more posts!
> now supports the Rust programming language for developing the OS itself.
So, this seems to be about in Android, not building apps for Android.
Guess we'll see with more posts!
I expect replacing low-level C++ with Rust to result in improved platform reliability as well as reduced security bugs.
For every weird memory safety bug that is usefully exploitable there are a hundred more that just mysteriously break things and may be very difficult for a human to spot. My WebAuthn tests broke on my Pixel 2 on Saturday, I spent about an hour trying to debug the problem, wondering why it was happening now but not before and why it didn't affect other platforms - then I rebooted the phone and it went from reporting a "NotReadableError" about the secure local storage to just working.
Certainly, there are some _apps_ on Android today that use Rust (shout-out to my Firefox friends!), but that's not something I'm investing in right now.